Age of Exploration

Explorers used this tool to know which direction was north

• sand glass

• compass

• Waze

• astrolabe

Which continent was involved in the Age of Exploration?

• Africa

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Europe

An illness caused by a lack of nutrients and Vitamin C

• malaria

• scurvy

• flu

• indigestion

Which of these was NOT a useful skill for explorers to have:

• read a map

• use a compass

• speak Latin

• know how to write

Four major countries involved in the Age of Exploration were the Netherlands, England, Spain, and ________________.

• Germany

• France

• Sweden

• Poland

People wanted _______ that were only found in Asia to preserve their food.

• spices

• gold

• beaver fur

• pearls

Europeans were looking for the _______ _________ to Asia.

• Southeast Entrance

• Northwest Passage

• Eastern Pathway

• Westward Expansion

Explorers were able to discover ___ _________ and set up trading posts along them.

• new buildings

• old routes

• old grasslands

• new waterways

_________ fur was traded between Native Americans and Europeans.

• skunk

• beaver

• chipmunk

• llama

Some Europeans captured Natives and took them as ________.

• assistants

• apprentices

• partners

• slaves